While Divakaruni is a first generation migrant, who relocated from Kolkata to United States inLahiri was born in London to parents who had emigrated from Calcutta and was raised in Rhodes Island. The works of both these writers, however, in their own different ways, portray the identity crisis and engage in conversation with the fluidity in identity that comes with the experience of migration or of being a member of the diaspora community. Both these writers have written novels and many short stories.
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Short Story Analysis and Themes Summary of “A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri | Synopsis[ edit ] A Temporary Matter[ edit ] A married couple, Shukumar and Shoba, live as strangers in their house until an electrical outage brings them together when all of sudden "they [are] able to talk to each other again" in the four nights of darkness. |
Jhumpa Lahiri, a perceptive Interpreter of Maladies Dr. The Pulitzer Prize winning volume of short stories, Interpreter of Maladies First published in India by Harper Collins, by Jhumpa Lahiri, despite the clear insignia of Indianness is universally relevant.
The loneliness, a deep sense of remorse and emotional isolation that some of her fictional characters go through, are common enough the world over. The individuals of different countries and cultures who for various reasons are forced to live away from their own country go through trying phases.
With a remarkable insight she delves deep into the psychological depths of her characters and reveals their inner world by a fascinating yet deceptively simple style.
We come across more reality than fancy in her fiction. It is hardly an exaggeration to say that her interpretation of the maladies itself acts like a potent medicine.
Yet they are interesting and often make humorous studys of life. The first story A Temporary Matter shows that for the young married couple Shukumar and Shoba, marriage appears to have fallen apart.
It reached a stage where it became a temporary matter. Trouble started when Shoba delivered a stillborn baby, and blew over casting a long shadow on a normally happy marriage.
When they finally lost touch with one another despite sharing a single roof, the temporary cut in power supply seems to have salvaged their failing relationship. When the reader anticipates a happy reunion after the closeness that Shukumar and Shoba shared by exchanging untold experiences, it feels like a douse of freezing cold water, when Shoba announces her decision to move into a new apartment.
In her state of disappointment and self pity, she did not care if her marriage fell apart. She hardly realizes that she is punishing herself unduly.
Each one has to bear his or her share of pain in life. But he was able to bear with it perhaps because he did what the doctor said: Letting out the pent up feelings certainly acts like a catalyst in some ways.
The marital discord is thus skillfully shown to be a temporary matter just as the interruption in electric power supply has been.
Some of her stories like The Third and the Final Continent contain moving pictures of life. They mirror the milieu in which her characters move. The Calcutta boy, who made it as a jobholder in a library at MIT Boston, reminds us of many Indians who by trial and tribulation settle abroad for a better life.
The bond between the landlady Mrs. Croft and the Bengali youth is beyond explanation. It is something to be felt and understood. The old lady is well aware of people and can read them as one would a book, despite being hundred and three.Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri.
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Interpreter of Maladies study guide contains a biography of Jhumpa Lahiri, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis of each of the short stories.
Short Story Analysis and Themes Summary of “A Temporary Matter” by Jhumpa Lahiri Posted by Nicole Smith, Dec 6, Fiction Comments Closed Print The fact that this short story is called “A Temporary Matter" is interesting on two levels. "Interpreter of Maladies" Mr.
Kapasi is a tour guide who's driving the Das family—ethnic Indians born in America—to the Sun Temple in India. We view everything through his perspective and we learn that Mr. and Mrs. Das aren't all that close nor do they really enjoy taking care of their three kids.
In Lahiris story, Mrs Sen tries to do precisely this.
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